What does inveigh mean?
Definitions for inveigh
ɪnˈveɪin·veigh
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Princeton's WordNet
rail, inveighverb
complain bitterly
declaim, inveighverb
speak against in an impassioned manner
"he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society"
Wiktionary
inveighverb
To complain loudly, to give voice to one's censure or criticism against (formerly also with on, at, upon).
inveighverb
To draw in or away; to entice, inveigle.
Etymology: From inveho, from in- + veho. Compare vehicle, invective.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To INVEIGHverb
To utter censure or reproach.
Etymology: inveho, Latin.
I cannot blame him for inveighing so sharply against the vices of the clergy in his age. Dryden.
He inveighs severely against the folly of parties, in retaining scoundrels to retail their lyes. Arbuthnot.
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inveigh
Inveigh refers to the act of making a forceful or violent verbal attack against someone or something, or to speak or write about something with great hostility.
Webster Dictionary
Inveighverb
to declaim or rail (against some person or thing); to utter censorious and bitter language; to attack with harsh criticism or reproach, either spoken or written; to use invectives; -- with against; as, to inveigh against character, conduct, manners, customs, morals, a law, an abuse
Etymology: [L. invehere, invectum, to carry or bring into or against, to attack with words, to inveigh; pref. in- in + vehere to carry. See Vehicle, and cf. Invective.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Inveigh
in-vā′, v.i. to attack with words: to rail against: to revile. [L. invehĕre, invectum—in, in, vehĕre, to carry.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of inveigh in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of inveigh in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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